Israel says UN can't be part of probe of deadly attack on post

Haaretz ^ | 7/28/6

[SmithL]

Israel's UN ambassador on Thursday ruled out major UN involvement in any potential international force in Lebanon, saying more professional and better-trained troops were needed for such a volatile situation.

Dan Gillerman also said Israel would not allow the United Nations to join in an investigation of an Israeli air strike that demolished a post belonging to the current U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Four UN observers were killed in the Tuesday strike.

"Israel has never agreed to a joint investigation, and I don't think that if anything happened in this country, or in Britain or in Italy or in France, the government of that country would agree to a joint investigation," Gillerman said.

Gillerman, who spoke at an event hosted by The Israel Project advocacy group and later inside the United Nations, gave a heated defense of Israel's two-week campaign against Hezbollah militants. He said some diplomats from the Middle East had told him that Israel was doing the right thing in going after Hezbollah.

His refusal to conduct a joint investigation will be a slap to UN officials, who have specifically sought to partner with Israel to investigate the bombing.

Gillerman was highly critical of the current UN peacekeeping force, deployed in a buffer zone between Israel and Lebanon since 1978, saying its facilities had sometimes been used for cover by Hezbollah militants and that it had not done its job.

"It has never been able to prevent any shelling of Israel, any terrorist attack, any kidnappings," he said. "They either didn't see or didn't know or didn't want to see, but they have been hopeless."

Gillerman even mocked the name of the force - the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.

"Interim in UN jargon is 28 years," he said.

[SmithL]

The Kofi-klatch is utterly worthless.

[Rosemont]

Why an investigation? Kofi already said Israel is guilty.

[Salem]

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[Ciexyz]

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[JerseyDvl]

"...saying more professional and better-trained troops were needed for such a volatile situation."

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It's about damn time somebody starts telling it like it is and stops bowing down to this corrupt and useless organization.

[roses of sharon]

Kofi deliberately left the UN soldiers there to protect Hezbollah.

[hodaka]

I wouldn't mind if Israel declared war on the U.N. We should also transfer the U.N. headquarters to Lebanon.

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[Ken H]

"It has never been able to prevent any shelling of Israel, any terrorist attack, any kidnappings," he said. "They either didn't see or didn't know or didn't want to see, but they have been hopeless."

"Interim in UN jargon is 28 years," he said.

Outstanding.

[ElCid89]

Not sure if this has been posted here yet mapping all the UNIFIL positions...just found it tonight, might be interesting for folks trying to understand the terrain and positioning instead of just place names.

http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/unifil.pdf

[GodGunsGuts]

Israel should be calling for an investigation of the UN...and how!!!

[dmeara]

"It has never been able to prevent any shelling of Israel, any terrorist attack, any kidnappings," he said. "They either didn't see or didn't know or didn't want to see, but they have been hopeless."



They are complicit.

[jan in Colorado]

His refusal to conduct a joint investigation will be a slap to UN officials, who have specifically sought to partner with Israel to investigate the bombing.

Yeah, they want to partner with Israel so they can cover up their involvement in it!

[Soul Seeker]

"It has never been able to prevent any shelling of Israel, any terrorist attack, any kidnappings," he said. "They either didn't see or didn't know or didn't want to see, but they have been hopeless."

I like this guy.

The U.N. is getting slapped all around. By Israel. By Bolton. By world events. Beautiful.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Seeing Israel and Bolton smacking the UN around makes my day! The UN has been long, long, long, long overdue for Israel and the US to apply hickory switches to the UN's collective backside. Now only one thing remains - Israel and the US need to get out of the UN, followed up by the US kicking the UN out of our country. Then the UN bulding can be fumigated, re-decorated and turned into condos. Or dynamited and turned into a parking lot.

[SunkenCiv]

I think peace in the Middle East would be possible if we'd just move the UN headquarters to Beirut.

And if I'm wrong, so what? ;')

[Centurion2000]

Israel's UN ambassador on Thursday ruled out major UN involvement in any potential international force in Lebanon, saying more professional and better-trained troops were needed for such a volatile situation.

LOL ....